Frontiers in Wastewater Treatment and Modelling: FICWTM 2017

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Impact of High Mixed Liquor Concentration (3-13 gVSS/ℓ) on the Kinetic Rates of the N and P Removal Bioprocesses in Membrane Biological Nutrient Removal Activated Sludge Systems....Pages 3-12
Recovery of Ammonia and Production of High-Grade Phosphates from Side-Stream Digester Effluents Using Gas-Permeable Membranes....Pages 13-17
The Start-up of Mainstream Anammox Process Is Limited Only by Nitrite Supply....Pages 18-21
Phosphorus Recovery from Sewage in a Pilot-Scale UASB-DHS System....Pages 22-29
An Empirical Model for Carbon Recovery in a Rotating Belt Filter and Its Application in the Frame of Plantwide Evaluation....Pages 30-36
Thermodynamic Modelling Is Needed to Describe the Effect of High Temperature on Microbial Nitrogen Removal Processes....Pages 37-42
Application of DHS-USB System and Ozone in Recirculating Freshwater Aquaria Towards Zero Water Exchange Aquaria....Pages 43-49
Short and Long Term Effect of Decreasing Temperature on Anammox Activity and Enrichment in Mainstream Granular Sludge Process....Pages 50-54
Phosphorus Recovery from Waste Activated Sludge: Microwave Treatment and Ozonation with Acid & Alkaline Pre-treatments....Pages 55-59
Respirometric Evaluation of Toxicity of 2,4-Dichlorophenol Towards Activated Sludge and the Ability of Biomass Acclimation....Pages 60-67
Differential Expression of Genes Involved in Utilization of Benzo(a)Pyrene in Burkholderia vietnamiensis G4 Strain....Pages 68-72
Biokinetic Behaviour of Autochthonous Halophilic Biomass at Different Salinity: Comparison Between Activated Sludge and Granular Sludge Systems....Pages 73-78
The Benchmark Simulation Modelling Platform – Areas of Recent Development and Extension....Pages 81-91
Automating the Raw Data to Model Input Process Using Flexible Open Source Tools....Pages 92-97
Modeling of N2O Emissions in a Full-Scale Activated Sludge Sequencing Batch Reactor....Pages 98-104
Comprehensive Evaluation of a Sewage Treatment Plant as a Base for Recirculation of Materials and Energy in the Region....Pages 105-112
Development of an in-House Lattice-Boltzmann Simulator Towards Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment: Underlying Concepts....Pages 113-120
Differential Titrimeter for Nitrification Process Control and Energetic Optimization in a Large WRRF....Pages 121-126
Assessing Potential Savings at WWTP Using Dynamic Simulation....Pages 127-130
Effect of Sludge Retention Time on the Efficiency of Excess Sludge Reduction by Ultrasonic Disintegration....Pages 131-137
Performance Investigation of the Primary Clarifier- Case Study of Castiglione Torinese....Pages 138-145
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Future Perspectives for MBR Applications at the Erftverband....Pages 149-152
Performance of a Baffled Membrane Bioreactor (BMBR) Operated with Sponge Biomass Carriers: Substantial Reduction in Operational Energy....Pages 153-158
An Electro Moving Bed Membrane Bioreactor (eMB-MBR) as a Novel Technology for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse....Pages 159-164
Influence of Temperature on the Start-up of Membrane Bioreactor: Kinetic Study....Pages 165-171
On-Line Monitoring of NDMA Precursors in MBR-NF Pilot Plant by Using Fluorescence EEM....Pages 172-177
Self-forming Dynamic Membrane as a Sustainable Alternative to Synthetic Membranes for MBR....Pages 178-181
Membrane Electro-Bioreactor for Small Wastewater Treatment Systems....Pages 182-187
Potential and Challenges of Osmotic Membrane Bioreactor (OMBR) for (Potable) Water Reuse: A Pilot Scale Study....Pages 188-192
Low-Cost Ceramic Membranes Manufacture for MBR: Comparison of Pilot and Industrial Scale....Pages 193-196
The Sludge Dewaterability in Advanced Wastewater Treatment: A Survey of Four Different Membrane BioReactor Pilot Plants....Pages 197-202
Application of the Oxic-Settling-Anaerobic Process in a Membrane Bioreactor for Excess Sludge Reduction....Pages 203-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
ZVI Addition in Continuous Anaerobic Digestion Systems Dramatically Decreases P Recovery Potential: Dynamic Modelling....Pages 211-217
Eukaryotic Community in UASB Reactor Treating Domestic Sewage Based on 18S rRNA Gene Sequencing....Pages 218-224
Performance and Kinetic Analysis of a Static Granular Bed Reactor Treating Poultry Slaughterhouse Wastewater....Pages 225-229
Thermophilic Hydrolysis and Fermentation to Produce Short-Chain Fatty Acids from Waste Sludge....Pages 230-233
How Does the Mass Transfer Restriction Change the Reaction’s Kinetic Order for Acid Mine Drainage Treatment in an Anaerobic Bioreactor?....Pages 234-238
Optimal Scheduling and Fouling Control in Membrane Bioreactor....Pages 239-244
Process Performance and Microbial Community Structure of an Anaerobic Baffled Reactor for Natural Rubber Processing Wastewater Treatment....Pages 245-252
Contribution of Modeling in the Understanding of the Anaerobic Digestion: Application to the Digestion of Protein-Rich Substrates....Pages 253-259
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Dynamic Thermodynamic Simulation of ADM1 Validates the Hydrogen Inhibition Approach and Suggests an Unfeasible Butyrate Degradation Pathway....Pages 260-265
Energy Recovery from Immobilised Cells of Scenedesmus obliquus after Wastewater Treatment....Pages 266-271
Fault Diagnosis of Anaerobic Digester System Using Nonlinear State Estimator: Application to India’s Largest Dairy Unit....Pages 272-277
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Removal of Pharmaceuticals from WWTP Secondary Effluent with Biofilters....Pages 281-286
Study of the Competition Between Complete Nitrification by a Single Organism and Ammonia- and Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria....Pages 287-291
Maximising Energy Harvest from Constructed Wetland-Microbial Fuel Cell Using Capacitor Engaged Duty Cycling Strategy....Pages 292-296
Release of Organics by Conventional Activated Sludge with Appropriate Ultrasonic Treatment for Nitritation....Pages 297-302
Microbial Fuel Cell Bioreactors for Treatment of Waters Contaminated by Naphthenic Acids....Pages 303-307
Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater Treatment Plants of Tuscany: Occurrence and Toxicity....Pages 308-312
Removal of Conventional Water Quality Parameters, Emerging Contaminants and Fluorescing Organic Matter in a Hybrid Constructed Wetland System....Pages 313-317
REWAQUA: An Advanced Technology for Water Purification in Sustainable Aquaculture Based on Photocatalytic Ozonation....Pages 318-323
Efficient Treatment of Synthetic Wastewater Contaminated with Emerging Pollutants by Anaerobic Purple Phototrophic Bacteria....Pages 324-330
Studies on Treatment of Bitumen Effluents by Means of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) in Basic pH Conditions....Pages 331-336
Effect of Increasing the Surface Area of the Graphite Electrodes on Electricity Production in a Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Fed with Domestic Wastewater....Pages 337-342
Catalytic Wet Air Oxidation (CWAO) of Industrial Wastewaters: Mechanistic Evidences, Catalyst Development and Kinetic Modeling....Pages 343-348
Treatment of Industrial Wastewater Containing Amides Using Novel Bacterium in Semi-continuous Reactor....Pages 349-353
Methanogenic Activity and Growth at Low Temperature Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment (4, 15 °C) Using Cold Adapted Inocula....Pages 354-359
Biosorption of Cr (VI) from Aqueous Solutions by Dead Biomass of Pleurotus Mutilus in Torus Reactor....Pages 360-367
Simultaneous Treatment of Wastewater and Direct Blue 2 Azo Dye in a Biological Aerated Filter Under Different Oxygen Concentrations....Pages 368-375
Front Matter....Pages 376-381
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Membrane Bioreactors....Pages 383-383
Environmental Assessment of Anammox Process in Mainstream with WWTP Modeling Coupled to Life Cycle Assessment....Pages 385-391
Multi-point Monitoring of Nitrous Oxide Emissions and Aeration Efficiency in a Full-Scale Conventional Activated Sludge Tank....Pages 392-397
Measuring Energy Demand and Efficiency at WWTPs: An Econometric Approach....Pages 398-403
N2O and CO2 Emissions from Secondary Settlers in WWTPs: Experimental Results on Full and Pilot Scale Plants....Pages 404-411
Effect of Temperature on N2O and NO Emission in a Partial Nitrification SBR Treating Reject Wastewater....Pages 412-418
Production of Greenhouse Gases from Biological Activated Sludge Processes: N2O Emission Factors and Influences of the Sampling Methodology....Pages 419-425
Analysis and Optimization of Energy Consumption in Relation to GHG Management: The Case Study of Medio Sarno Wastewater Treatment Plant....Pages 426-430
Application of Event-Based Real-Time Analysis for Long-Term N2O Monitoring in Full-Scale WWTPs....Pages 431-435
Disinfection Unit of Water Resource Recovery Facilities: Critical Issue for N2O Emission....Pages 436-443
CO2 Removal from Biogas as Product of Waste-Water-Treatments....Pages 444-450
Quantification of CO2 and N2O Emissions from a Pilot-Scale Aerobic Digester, Towards the Validation and Calibration of the First Activated Sludge Model for Aerobic Digestion (AeDM1)....Pages 451-456
Seasonal and Diurnal Variations of GHG Emissions Measured Continuously at the Viikinmäki Underground WWTP....Pages 457-463
The Relationship Between Gene Activity and Nitrous Oxide Production During Nitrification in Activated Sludge Systems....Pages 464-469
A Graphical User Interface as a DSS Tool for GHG Emission Estimation from Water Resource Recovery Facilities....Pages 470-475
A Novel Comprehensive Procedure for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Water Resource Recovery Facilities....Pages 476-481
A New Plant Wide Modelling Approach for the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emission from Wastewater Treatment Plants....Pages 482-488
Front Matter....Pages 489-496
New Applications for MBBR and IFAS Systems....Pages 497-497
Applications of Mobile Carrier Biofilm Modelling for Wastewater Treatment Processes....Pages 499-507
Application of the MBBR Technology to Achieve Nitrification Below 1° C: Biofilm and Microbiome Analysis....Pages 508-512
Front Matter....Pages 513-517
Proof of Concept of Removal of Carbon and Nitrogen from Wastewater Through a Novel Process of Biofilm SND....Pages 497-497
Effect of Salinity Variation on the Autotrophic Kinetics of the Start-up of Membrane Bioreactor and Hybrid Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor-Membrane Bioreactor at Low Hydraulic Retention Time....Pages 518-522
Fish-Canning Wastewater Treatment by Means of Aerobic Granular Sludge for C, N and P Removal....Pages 523-529
Preliminary Evaluation of Sharon-Anammox Process Feasibility to Treat Ammonium-Rich Effluents Produced by Double-Stage Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste....Pages 530-535
Shipboard Slop Treatment by Means of Aerobic Granular Sludge: Strategy Proposal for Granulation and Hydrocarbons Removal....Pages 536-543
Bacterial Community Structure of an IFAS-MBRs Wastewater Treatment Plant....Pages 544-549
Removal Performance of Organic Matter of MBR and Hybrid MBBR-MBR Systems During Start-up and Stabilization Phases Treating Variable Salinity Urban Wastewater....Pages 550-554
Impact of Hydraulic Retention Time on MBR and Hybrid MBBR-MBR Systems Through Microbiological Approach: TGGE and Enzyme Activities....Pages 555-560
UCT-MBR vs IFAS-UCT-MBR for Wastewater Treatment: A Comprehensive Comparison Including N2O Emission....Pages 561-566
Front Matter....Pages 567-572
Exploring the Feasibility of a Novel Municipal Wastewater Treatment System via Dynamic Plant-Wide Simulation....Pages 573-573
Reshaping the Activated Sludge Model ASM2d for Better Manageability and Higher Integration Potential....Pages 575-582
Population Dynamic of Microbial Consortia in a Granular Activated Carbon-Assisted Biofilm Reactor: Lessons from Modelling....Pages 583-587
A Model for Continuous Sedimentation with Reactions for Wastewater Treatment....Pages 588-595
A Dynamic Model for Microalgae-Bacteria Aggregates Used for Wastewater Treatment....Pages 596-601
Developing Process Models to Accurately Assess Global and Energy Performances of a WWTP Sludge Line: A Case Study in France....Pages 602-606
Sensitivity Analysis and Calibration with Bayesian Inference of a Mass-Based Discretized Population Balance Model for Struvite Precipitation....Pages 607-613
New Individual-Based Model Links Microbial Growth to the Energy Available in the Environment....Pages 614-621
Improved Biological Nutrient Removal and Reduced Energy Consumption at a Retrofitted Wastewater Treatment Plant....Pages 622-627
Influence of the Sludge Concentration on Oxygen Transfer and Energy Consumption in Activated Sludge Systems....Pages 628-632
Ultrafiltration of Saline Waters in Geothermal Fields Hot Water Discharge....Pages 633-638
Front Matter....Pages 639-643
Modelling and Simulation of a Novel Pilot-Scale Microwave Assisted Catalytic Reactor for Continuous Flow Treatment of Wastewaters....Pages 573-573
Fouling Analysis for Different UF Membranes in Reactive Dyeing Wastewater Treatment....Pages 644-649
Preliminary Study of Electrodialysis with Model Salt Solutions and Industrial Wastewater....Pages 650-655
Comparison of Two Mathematical Models for Greenhouse Gas Emission from Membrane Bioreactors....Pages 656-661
Determination of Kinetic Parameters in a Biological Aerated Filter (BAF) for Wastewater Treatment....Pages 662-667
Front Matter....Pages 668-673
To Mix, or Not to Mix, That Is the Question....Pages 675-675
CFD Simulations of Fluid Dynamics Inside a Fixed-Bed Bioreactor for Sugarcane Vinasse Treatment....Pages 677-683
Startup of Aerobic Granulation Technology: Troubleshooting Scale-up Issue....Pages 684-690
Coupling Multiphase Hydrodynamic Simulations and Biological Modelling of an Anammox Reactor....Pages 691-700
Understanding and Optimizing Peracetic Acid Disinfection Processes Using Computational Fluid Dynamics: The Case Study of Nocera (Italy) Wastewater Treatment Plant....Pages 701-705
Modelling a Multiple Reference Frame Approach in an Oxidation Ditch of Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment....Pages 706-712
HYDRODECA: CFD Modelling Platform for Full-Scale Secondary Clarifiers of WWTPs....Pages 713-717
Hydro-Swapping: An Innovative CFD Approach Applied to a Real Bioreactor....Pages 718-721
Mathematical Modelling in Diagnosis of Wastewater Treatment Plant....Pages 722-726
A Different Approach for Steady-state Activated Sludge Modelling....Pages 727-733
Back Matter....Pages 734-739
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